To a new one! Science goes Pub(lic) with Lisa Röpke
11.04.2019 | After three successful runs, Science goes Pub(lic) has started again. The format sees scientists from Bremen and Bremerhaven serve up a wide range of exciting bites of knowledge in a relaxed pub atmosphere. The Leibniz Centre for...
Future Day at the ZMT with 18 enthusiastic school kids
28.03.19 |18 young pupils visited ZMT today as part of the nationwide Future Day to learn about the work of a marine researcher. They started off with a small expedition "into the field": at the Kuhgraben, the canal behind the ZMT building, the...
Plastics through the lab glass
20.03.2019 |The Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) is one of the partners in the Bremen-Durban Network for Marine Environmental Education. As part of the cooperation project, ZMT was involved in the planning and implementation of a course...
Man of the seas – Prof. Dr. Gotthilf Hempel on the occasion of his 90th birthday
08.03.2019| He is one of the most important contemporary witnesses of German marine and polar research after the Second World War. He has built and shaped four internationally recognised marine research institutes in Bremen, Bremerhaven, Kiel and...
Discussions about mangrove research centre in Indonesia
26.02.2019 | On Monday, 25 February, two representatives from the Indonesian Embassy in Berlin visited the ZMT: Perry Pada, Deputy Ambassador and Ernosto Simanungkalit, Second Secretary of the Embassy. The guests spoke with Prof. Dr. Martin Zimmer,...
High-level meeting in Washington: ZMT joins G7 advisory roundtable on microplastics pollution
18.02.2019| ZMT Scientific Director Professor Hildegard Westphal and Professor Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Head of Social Sciences, travelled to Washington recently for a G7 scientific advice cooperation on microplastics pollution. Organised and...
Researchers Puzzled by Dwindling Fish Population Off Southwest Africa
14.02.2019 | Despite a nutrient-rich environment, the fish population in the Benguela upwelling area off Namibia has declined significantly in recent decades. Scientists are now seeking an explanation for these far-reaching changes and are...
Impressions from the Event "Capacity Development in the Federal State of Bremen" at the Bremische Landesvertretung in Berlin
12.02.2019 | The dynamics of today's world show that (further) education and training are fundamental prerequisites for stable development and sustainable use. Capacity development aims at strengthening and self-renewal of skills and abilities in...
Federal Minister for Education and Research Anja Karliczek gets an overview of marine research in the state of Bremen
08.02.2019 | At the invitation of Eva Quante-Brandt, Bremen Senator for Science, Health and Consumer Protects, the Federal Minister for Education and Research, Anja Karliczek, visited the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven on Thursday, 7...
The Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater – a Ticking Time Bomb
30.01.2019 | According to a study recently published in the journal Nature Climate Change, in most regions of the world the effects of today’s climate changes on groundwater will only become manifest over the next 100 years, thus impacting the...
International Marine Research Summit in Cape Verde
25.01.2019 | More than 40 managers from marine research institutions in 20 countries met last week at the Ocean Science Centre Mindelo on Ilha de São Vicente in Cape Verde. The conference was hosted by the Partnership for the Observation of the...